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The American Athletic Conference announced Monday that the University of Cincinnati's 2014 football game against East Carolina has been moved from Saturday Nov. 15 to Thursday Nov. 13 at Paul Brown Stadium. It will be a national TV game on ESPN2 (7 p.m.).

East Carolina is joining the AAC this year.

UC and ECU will play for the 18th time with the Pirates holding a 12-5 all-time series advantage. UC has won the last three meetings, in 2002, '03 and '04 when both schools were members of Conference USA.

UC has played 14 Thursday night games, holding an 11-3 mark with an 8-1 record at home.

UC also announced the Miami (OH) game on Saturday, Sept. 20, previously announced as the annual Ring of Red game, will also serve as homecoming.

UC will play 2014 home games at Paul Brown Stadium, while the Bearcats' Nippert Stadium home is being renvoated. Nippert will reopen in 2015.